The main cast members of the game will reprise their roles in the anime.
The popular visual novel developer Yuzu Soft announced that its “Senren * Banka” adult visual novel will get an anime adaptation in 2027. The news was revealed during the Yuzusoft SONGFES2026 event on 26 July. The main cast members from the game are reprising their roles in the anime.
Senren * Banka
Premiere window: 2027
Animation studio: TBA
Streaming platform: TBA
What do we know about the Senren * Banka anime so far?
A short announcement video was released on the official Yuzu Soft X (formerly Twitter) account. The cast members from the visual novel are returning to their roles in the anime, which includes:
- Sora Haruka as Yoshino Tomotake
- Yuka Kotorii as Mako Hitachi
- Mikan Sato as Muramase
- Sawa Sawasawa as Lena Liechtenauer
The visual novel’s theme song performer KOTOKO is also returning to sing the opening theme song of the anime.
More details about the cast and the staff will be revealed later. This is the first time a visual novel by Yuzu Soft is being made into an anime.
What is Senren * Banka about?
The Senren * Banka visual novel was released as an adult romance adventure game for PC in 2016. In 2020, an all-ages version was released on Steam, and a Nintendo Switch port release came in 2022.
A manga adaptation of the visual novel by Erika Kizuki was released from 2016 to 2017 Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive.
Nintendo Switch’s official English page describes the story of Senren * Banka as:
Deep in the mountains lies Hoori, a small village so remote that no trains stop there. Due to its isolation, it has resisted the spread of civilization. However, its rustic charm and hot springs have transformed it into a famous tourist destination. One of the village's biggest draws is the divine blade Murasamemaru, stuck in a stone from which no one has been able to pull it out of... until our protagonist Arichi Masaomi manages to break it in half. Before he can even come to grips with what just happened, he's forced to make amends for what he's done. How, you might ask? By marrying the village's shrine maiden, of course! He's already in way over his head, but this is just the start of his mysterious and unfathomable new life in this village. Masaomi then goes on to meet his new fiancée, discovers an enigmatic and strange girl that only he can touch and begins to learn about the curse afflicting the village of Hoori. Amidst this hectic new life, who will he set his heart on? The answers he seeks lie within the legendary sword in his hands.